I have lived too many lives to be only one thing, and instead of attempting to mesh them into a form of a human being, I have decided to love every jagged edge of mine.
HINNAH MIANHow do you mourn the loss of someone who was never yours to begin with?
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This foundation can only take the beating of one heart.
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I am tired of living in a world, where I belong deeply, to anyone but myself.
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Here I am, a mosaic of becomings.
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I pocket grief and it beckons me like a lover.
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I’m sorry only I can both drown you and be the summer that dries it away.
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He reminds me of the shadow between silences.
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Your heartbeat is a holy thing.
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If you wish to read the story of my people look no further than my body.
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I don’t like how your embrace feels like comfort till the knife thrust.
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I want to be something to pray for but I don’t know how to be.
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Allow me to introduce myself, A warning and a welcoming all at once.
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Read the scars on my body like braille, for I no longer know how to tell a story that belongs deeply to me but is no longer mine.
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We are so much more than skin can hold.
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I loved you in quiet because to hide is to pretend that it is okay.
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I always wanted to be more than my brown skin, when you told me I was sweet like cinnamon.
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